It's still around, I just got back in town from an unexpected business trip. Unfortunately being sent out of town meant no progress. Going to work on it later this evening, there will be an update this weekend.

Might I ask who you get your CF from? I've looked far and wide for a decently priced supplier, and any commercial suppliers I've seen charge an arm and a leg when selling rolls or panels to regular joe's. If you know any decent US suppliers of average or good quality CF in rolls or panels that don't price gouge, I'd be eternally grateful!

It's still around, I just got back in town from an unexpected business trip. Unfortunately being sent out of town meant no progress. Going to work on it later this evening, there will be an update this weekend.

It's still around, I just got back in town from an unexpected business trip. Unfortunately being sent out of town meant no progress. Going to work on it later this evening, there will be an update this weekend.

YAHHOOOOO This thing looks beast and I have no idea what it will look like in the end! I cant wait for another update!

I have a feeling this is going to be sexy.
Might I ask who you get your CF from? I've looked far and wide for a decently priced supplier, and any commercial suppliers I've seen charge an arm and a leg when selling rolls or panels to regular joe's. If you know any decent US suppliers of average or good quality CF in rolls or panels that don't price gouge, I'd be eternally grateful!

I buy mine from http://www.solarcomposites.com/ , their website isnt that pretty , but they are legit , i did my research and they are the cheaperst as far as i know , and the shipping too , im from Puerto Rico and , 50"x10yards + shipping , was like 525$ , like 21$ per 50"x12"

3.0 More Carbon Fiber and Design Screenshots
Unfortunately it has been a little long since the last update. Work has been quite busy and have been traveling on business. Now I am back in action! After a couple weeks of letting the panel cure, it is pretty rigid and ready to be water jet. I sent my drawings out to the water jet company, and hopefully it should be cut this week before I head to Daytona for the Rolex 24 Hours this weekend.

The Panel:

Pretty carbon fiber!

There are a few areas in the panel that are a little dry compared to the rest of the panel. This should be fine. One of the disadvantages of a wet layup compared to prepreg is the inconsistency of resin-to-cloth ratio. Based on my calculations, the resin-to-cloth weight ratio of this panel is about 35% resin and 65%cloth which is pretty close to prepreg, but its not perfectly even. It's as close as I could get with a squeegee.

More Carbon Fiber - Carbon Logitech 510 Mouse:
The Logitech M510 is one of my favorite mouses for SolidWorks. I wanted my mouse to match the rest of the build, so I decide to wrap it in carbon.

First step was to take apart the mouse, which was actually a bigger challenge than I expected at first. The screws are hidden from plain sight and there is a lot of frustration and prying with micro screwdrivers involved to get this far.

After tearing down the mouse, I roughed up the piece to be wrapped with some 320grit sandpaper to help the resin adhere to the plastic.

Remember the scrap from getting the weave straightened out? I was able to cut a piece to fit the piece to be wrapped! Always keep the scrap cloth, you never know when you'll be able to use it.

I first coated the mouse piece in resin and let it tack up a bit before I laid the carbon fiber cloth. Because of the weird contours of the mouse, I wanted the resin to help hold the cloth in place, so by letting the resin get sticky it holds the cloth in place.

Wrapped, cured, and trimmed with shears.

Trimmed a little further with my x-acto knife.

After trimming, I coated it with some more resin since the first layup was really dry. This will help the cloth stick to the mouse piece, and leave a better finish to sand down and polish later.

The Design
I wasn't planning to reveal the design until later, but here it is so far. This is going to be a big case. 34in tall, 22in deep, and 15in wide. Here's the design so far.

You can see the two Swiftech 480 radiators tucked away in the top with Gelid 120mm fans in push-pull.

The AMETROS emblem will be illuminated acrylic.

Hope you enjoy the build!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black_Lotus

I have a feeling this is going to be sexy.
Might I ask who you get your CF from? I've looked far and wide for a decently priced supplier, and any commercial suppliers I've seen charge an arm and a leg when selling rolls or panels to regular joe's. If you know any decent US suppliers of average or good quality CF in rolls or panels that don't price gouge, I'd be eternally grateful!

I order my CF through www.solarcomposites.com just as another member mentioned. Its not cheap, but they have the best prices and great shipping. I use US Composites for my resin.

Damn. This is going to be a lot more epic than I thought now that I see the case design. Funny thing is that it reminds me of the planning of what's currently all of the Case Labs cases. They were thinking about all CF but that would drive the prices up even higher.